Internship in Project & Policy Research

Associate degree (EQF 5)

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Published:
12/02/2024

Status:
Open

Apply before:
23/02/2024

Hours p/wk:
40

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ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT

Applications are invited for this internship project at the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol).
Europol is located in The Hague, The Netherlands, and its mission is to support EU Member States in preventing and combating all forms of serious international and organized crime, cybercrime and terrorism.

Europol’s main tasks are the following:
a) to collect, store, process, analyse and exchange information, including criminal intelligence;
b) to coordinate, organise and implement investigative and operational actions to support and strengthen actions by the competent authorities of the Member States;

c) to notify the Member States, via the national units, without delay of any information and connections between criminal offences concerning them;
d) to provide information and analytical support to Member States in connection with major international events;
e) to develop, share and promote specialist knowledge of crime prevention methods, investigative procedures and technical and forensic methods, and provide advice to Member States;

f) to support Member States' cross-border information exchange activities, operations and investigations, as well as joint investigation teams, including by providing operational, technical and financial support;

g) to proactively monitor research and innovation activities that are relevant for the achievement of Europol’s objectives and contribute to such activities by supporting related activities of Member States and by implementing its own research and innovation activities;

h) to prepare threat assessments, strategic analyses and general situation reports relating to its objective, including organised crime threat assessments.

For more information please visit Europol’s website.

The objectives of Europol’s internship scheme are:

• To provide interns with a unique and first-hand experience of the workings of Europol in particular and of the European Union institutions in general. It aims at providing an understanding of the objectives and goals of the Europol processes and policies;
• To enable interns to acquire practical experience and knowledge of the day-to-day work of Europol departments and services. To provide the opportunity to work in a multi-cultural, multi-linguistic and multi-ethnic environment contributing to the development of mutual understanding, trust and tolerance. To promote European integration within the spirit of new governance and through active participation to create awareness of true European citizenship;
• To provide the opportunity to interns to put into practice knowledge acquired during their studies and training and in particular their specific areas of competence. To introduce these interns to the professional world and the constraints, duties and opportunities therein.

Europol, through its internship scheme:

• Benefits from the input of enthusiastic interns, who can give a fresh point of view and up-to-date academic and educational knowledge, which will enhance the everyday work of Europol;
• Creates a pool of interns with first-hand experience of and training in Europol procedures, who will be better prepared to collaborate and co-operate with Europol in the future;
• Creates long-term “goodwill ambassadors” for European ideas and values both within the European Union and outside.

FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES

INTERNSHIP PROJECT SPECIFICATION

The aim of this generic internship project announcement is to establish a list of successful candidates for various positions in the Departments of the Operational and Analysis Centre, Serious and Organised Crime and the European Financial & Economic Crime Centre (EFECC) within Europol Operations Directorate, focussing on one of the following areas of Europol:

• Operations Directorate Management Office;
• Analysis Training Coordination support;
• Strategic Analysis Support;
• Environmental Crimes;
• Trafficking in Human Beings;
• Information Clearing House (ICH);
• Expertise & Policy within the EFECC;
• Stakeholder Management within the EFECC.

The selected applicant(s) will join the internship project for a minimum period of
6 months
and a maximum period of
12 months
, including any possibility of extension based on the performance of the intern and the interest of the service, with a work schedule of 40 hours a week. The internship will take place at the Europol premises in The Hague, The Netherlands.

There are currently
ten (10)
internship slots available. This internship aims at providing selected candidates with an understanding of the main substantive areas of activity of the Europol Operations Directorate, its main processes, interaction with other Europol’s internal and external stakeholders, mainly EU Institutions and bodies, but also Member States and Third Parties.

Depending on the project focus, the internship will entail some of the following tasks:

• Project support;
• Research and knowledge building;
• External and internal communication;
• Policy monitoring;
• Open sources support;
• Support in drafting documents;
• Support in the organisation of events;
• Support of internal and external information flows;
• Planning support.

REQUIREMENTS - ELIGIBILITY AND SELECTION CRITERIA

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

1.

• Be a national of a Member State of the European Union;
• Have reached the age of majority in their country of origin;
• Have a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies or vocational training relevant for the tasks of Europol. Only diplomas issued by EU Member State authorities and diplomas recognised as equivalent by the relevant EU Member State bodies are accepted. If the main studies took place outside the European Union or at a non-EU establishment located within the European Union the candidate’s qualification (hereinafter “non-EU diploma”), must have been recognised by a body delegated officially for the purpose by one of the European Union Member States (such as a national Ministry of Education);
• Have very good knowledge of English, which is Europol’s main language of internal communication, and a satisfactory knowledge (corresponding at least to B1 level of the Common European framework of reference for the level of languages) of another language of the European Union.

2.

• Not have already for more than six weeks:
• Benefited from any kind of internship (formal or informal, paid or unpaid) within a European institution, agency or body (including Europol), or
• Had any kind of employment within a European institution, agency or body (including Europol).

SELECTION CRITERIA

a. Experience (in academic or professional settings):

Experience in one or several of the following fields of activity (incl. study assignments):
Project support;
Stakeholder management;
Research assignments, such as data collection on specific topics;
Drafting reports, analyses, fact-sheets and other documents;
Supporting external communication and media monitoring in public or
private administrative entities;
Organisation of events (e.g. training, seminars, conferences, meetings);
Working with open sources (collection, collation and analysis) and/or open source intelligence (OSINT).

b. Subject knowledge/education:

Completed university studies or vocational training, in a subject of relevance to the internship project (e.g. Public Administration, International Relations, Law or Criminology, Security studies);

Knowledge of the EU institutional framework and Europol's role in fighting serious and organised crime and terrorism;
Knowledge of research methods and media monitoring (incl. via study assignments),
Good understanding of event planning and organisation principles.

SELECTION CRITERIA CONTINUED

c. General Competencies:

• Excellent communication skills in English, both verbally and in writing;
• Very good time management skills and ability to work under tight deadlines/under pressure;
• Proficient user of IT applications in general and Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and the internet;
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work well in a team as well as independently;
• Ability to work in an international and multi-cultural environment.

SELECTION PROCEDURE

Applications for internships, as well as document(s) proving the recognition of a non-EU diploma (where applicable), must be submitted via the online e-recruitment tool available on Europol’s website. They shall be received by HR at the latest on the closing date set.

The selection will be carried out by a Selection Committee consisting of one representative of the HR Unit and at least two representatives from the Directorate(s)/Department(s) requesting the internship.

Applications for internships will be judged on merit, on the basis of the published selection criteria. Europol will keep, to the best level possible, gender balance and equilibrium between interns from the different Member States.

Candidates invited to a remote interview will be required to provide, before or on the day of the interview, the following documents in original or (certified) copy:

• A valid passport/identity card;
• University Diploma (or Certificate of completion of studies proving that the candidate has a level of education corresponding to completed university studies)/certificate of completed vocational training.

After the selection procedure has taken place, the Selection Committee will establish a list of successful candidates (reserve list),
which shall be valid for 12 months
. Inclusion on the re
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